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"Wenceslas", the second video taken from Gnome's upcoming album "King". Out May 6th, 2022 on Polderrecords.Music by Gnome - https://www.facebook.com/official...
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A huge bronze statue of St. Wenceslas in Wenceslas Square, mounted on a warhorse, was created by Czech sculptor, Josef Václav Myslbek and unveiled in 1913. The statue of saint wenceslas, Prague is 5.5 m tall. The pike he carries reaches 7.2 m.
September 28: Saint Wenceslaus, Martyr—Optional Memorial. c. 907–929. Patron Saint of brewers, Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Slovakia. Pre-Congregation canonization. Wenceslaus, the saint we honor today, was born in Bohemia, present-day western Czech Republic to his Catholic father, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, and his pagan mother ...
Dec 5, 2022 · It turns out Wenceslas was a 10th-century Christian duke of Bohemia—the modern-day Czech Republic. He was never a king. And while some legends say he was assassinated as a result of his faith ...
A bit of history…. King Wenceslas (or Wenceslaus) was the Duke of Bohemia in the years 921-935. He is now patron Saint of the Czech Republic and his statue stands in Wenceslaus Square in Prague. His feast day is September 28. The chronicler, Cosmas of Prague, writing in about the year 1119, says, "Rising every night from his noble bed, with ...
Sep 28, 2023 · Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 28, 2023 / 10:18 am. Wenceslaus I is known by many titles: king, warrior, saint. Yet he is by far most popularly known as “Good King Wenceslas” in one of the ...
Dec 20, 2023 · The real story behind ‘Good King Wenceslas’. An engraving by Brothers Dalziel in an 1879 hymn book depicts the saint performing the charitable acts for which he became famous. (Image used in Creative Commons license) Think of it as the English-speaking world’s most popular day-after-Christmas carol. “Good King Wenceslas,” the British ...
